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vi OF hlap COUNTY OF HAWAII �- �* STATE OF HAWAII •. ,••''ATE oF.HA� '.-'. RESOLUTION NO. 580 1 A RESOLUTION TRANSFERRING/APPROPRIATING AN APPROPRIATION OUT AND FROM A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT AND CREDITING SAME TO A DESIGNATED FUND ACCOUNT TO PROVIDE A GRANT TO THE HAWAII LGBT LEGACY FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT THE 2018 HAWAII ISLAND LGBTQ PRIDE FESTIVAL. WHEREAS, the Hawai`i LGBT Legacy Foundation is a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to support, empower, educate, unify, and facilitate lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) organizations and individuals in Hawai`i; and WHEREAS, the 2018 Hawai`i Island LGBTQ Pride Festival, a project of the Hawai`i LGBT Legacy Foundation, will be held on June 30, 2018, in Hilo; and WHEREAS, the 2018 Hawai`i Island LGBTQ Pride Festival will encourage numerous participants from across the island and throughout the state to come to Hilo, to enjoy our local restaurants,hotels, stores, and other businesses; and WHEREAS, the Hawai`i LGBT Legacy Foundation is requesting financial assistance for the 2018 Hawai`i Island LGBTQ Pride Festival, for special-duty police officers, port-a-potties, and sound system rentals; and WHEREAS, this event falls within the goals of the Department of Parks and Recreation to provide community events to perpetuate and preserve cultural, ethnic, and community traditions; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2-139(a)(2)(A) of the Hawaii County Code, Contingency Relief funds shall be transferred to an accepting County department/agency via resolution identifying the nonprofit organization and the specific program, project, event, activity, service, equipment, materials, or supplies for which the grant shall be used; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that Contingency Relief funds from Council District 2 will be appropriated to the Department of Parks and Recreation to provide a grant to the Hawai`i LGBT Legacy Foundation to support the 2018 Hawai`i Island LGBTQ Pride Festival that will be held in Hilo on June 30, 2018. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Council of the County of Hawai`i hereby transfers/appropriates the following amount as set forth below: